Former Davis Cupper and secretary of the All-India Lawn Tennis Association Sumant Misra died on 3 September 2011. Mishra who was India’s first national tennis champion was called Grandfather of Indian tennis.
He represented the country at the Davis Cup between 1947- 1956 and also played in the Wimbledon and US Nationals in the pre-Open era in world tennis.Misra was one of the only three Indians to win the national title.
Misra was the member of India's Davis Cup squad for a decade, captaining it in 1952-53. He went on to become the secretary of the All-India Lawn tennis Association (AILTA) in 1963-66 when former president of the Board of Control for Cricket (BCCI) MA Chidambaram was its president.
Misra became the first men's singles champion when the national was split into grass and hard court championships in 1946-47 at Calcutta's South Club. He won the singles title again in 1952-53.
He entered the men's doubles quarterfinals twice at Wimbledon in 1947-48 and the US championships in 1947, partnering Jimmy Mehta. He had won both the Ceylon and Malay national championships in 1958-59 and 1959 respectively.
He headed the AILTA tennis development scheme.
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